- Docente: Emanuele Domenico Giordano
- Credits: 3
- SSD: BIO/10
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially)
- Campus: Cesena
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Biomedical Engineering (cod. 0203)
Learning outcomes
The purpose of this Course id to addres the chemical basis of biological molecules.
Course contents
Reactive chemical groups.
The solutions: water, colligative properties, osmotic pressure.
Ionization, acids and bases, buffers.
Aminoacids: chemical properties.
Carbohyidrates: classification and chemical properties.
Lipids: classification and chemical properties.
Nucleotides and nucleis acids: structure, chemical properties and biological functions.
Readings/Bibliography
Molecular Biology of the Cell. Alberts et al. (2004) Garland
Molecular Biology of the Cell. Lodish et al. (2000) Freeman
Teaching methods
Classes.
Practicals in the Laboratorio di Ingegneria Cellulare e Molecolare per lo Studio dei Bionanosistemi, via Venezia, 52, 47023 Cesena (FC).
Assessment methods
Oral exam.
Teaching tools
More information and resources are available at the url http://www.bionanosistemi.unibo.it
You need to contact the Lecturer (emanuele.giordano@unibo.it
) to be able to acces.
Links to further information
http://www.bionanosistemi.unibo.it
Office hours
See the website of Emanuele Domenico Giordano